Family Customs Gifts

"It's important for families to keep traditions alive. When I was young, we celebrated the new year by clapping our hands while standing on our heads and smoking a big, fat cigar at midnight...all at the same time! It brings back good mem...eh...wait a mi

"O young, naive one...you must know the golden rule of the kitchen. To avoid the mother of all disrespects...never criticize the cooking of a family elder."

"Gracie, today I'm teaching you a Bermudez family tradition...passed down from generation to generation! Vamonos! Out! Now!"

"Take the off this minute, young lady."

"When I was young, we personally prepared all the food for each and every meal!"

'He spoke his first words today Serge - 'ello. . . ello. . . ello'!'

"One day you can participate in Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day as a parent."

'Let's open presents Christmas Eve AND morning. That way Christmas lasts for TWO days.'

"Can you tell me the story again about how you swiped right on Dad?"

"My dad was really good at showing me how to throw poo. He was just never any good at explaining exactly why I should be throwing it."

"The Flying Wallendas at home"

'My father carried this sign before me, as did his father before him.'

Tyler missed the old days before his parents used behavioral tracking software.

'I'm so glad this bedtime story comes in audio.'

"I love spending time together as a family. It brings us together. It makes us stronger. It helps us understand each other."

"It was our grandmother's wedding dress—we had her exhumed so you could wear it."

"I'm pretty sure your grandma's secret apple pie recipe is not considered an unauthorized classified document."

Lore and legend of the Pennypackers

'Are you on any medication other than your Grandma's chicken soup?'

"The social conservative in me tells me to pay for dinner, but the fiscal conservative thinks we should split it."

'What do you mean, you don't want to dry grapes in the sun for dessert wines, like your father? He's a big success--and only 32!'

The family tradition lives on: I won the Long Jump and the Triple Jump events...

"Tell me again why we couldn't get an Easter bunny."

"Thank you for coming with me. This is a sacred family tradition."

"When I moved here after your mother passed... The first thing I did was make this altar...so I could pray for her. But your father said, 'Just no photos.'"

"Dad...how do you know when to stop?"

'Let's see what Santa has in his sack for a little boy or girl...'

"I can tell you that's not the version of Uncle Sam that I grew up with."

Christening

"It's not fair, mum. He just waits for me to finish, and then just says 'Ditto'."

"Mom does this for everyone's birthday, if you don't applaud, no dessert for a week."

"I found my great aunt Irma's delicioso roast turkey recipe!"

"Son, once your grandma wore these shoes. I wore them after her, and now I will give them to you because I think they fit your dresses perfectly."